Phonics develops in a clear sequence, from individual letter sounds through to blending, sight words and full sentences. If a step in that sequence is missed or only partly understood, later steps become harder to build on.
What can look like a reading or spelling problem in Year 3 or 4 is often traced back to a phonics step that never fully clicked in Foundation or Year 1. As the classroom moves on to more advanced reading, that early gap can quietly keep making things harder.
That is why identifying exactly where the gap began matters more than simply practising more reading.
We help your child begin at the right level, strengthen the phonics and reading skills they may have missed, and build the confidence they need to read fluently.
When your child gets started with Kinetic Education, our English tutors begin by identifying their current level against the Australian Curriculum. This helps us understand the skills they've mastered and where they need the most support right now. From there, we create a personalised learning plan tailored to your child's needs.
Your child's personalised learning plan is delivered weekly and can be completed at home on a tablet or computer. New 20-minute English lessons are added based on your child's progress, helping keep learning at the right level and supporting a consistent learning routine.
As your child strengthens their foundations, you'll see them build skills and confidence in reading and writing, and keep moving forward at a pace that feels right for them.
Every family is matched with an English tutor who oversees their child's personalised learning plan and progress. Tutors also provide additional support with writing tasks, including planning, structure, grammar, punctuation and feedback on each draft.
When your child gets started with Kinetic Education, we begin by identifying where they are currently working in English, including phonics, blending and early reading. This helps us see where they may need more practice and where they are ready to move ahead. From there, we create a personalised weekly learning plan, so your child can work through the curriculum at the right pace for them.
We update your child's learning plan with new English activities for the week, selected based on their progress each week. Their learning plan moves through three stages: Revision and Catch-Up, Consolidation, and Extension.
When your child first starts with Kinetic Education, their learning plan targets the areas they need the most support with. This may mean revisiting earlier letter sounds, blending or sight words and strengthening the foundations they need before moving into more complex reading.
As your child builds their understanding, their learning plan continues to reinforce the phonics and reading skills they are currently working on, helping them read with more fluency and confidence.
When your child is ready to move ahead, their learning plan introduces more challenging reading and vocabulary, helping them extend their understanding at a pace that suits them.
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We know that sometimes children don't understand why they need to do extra English work at home, and they might need a bit of extra motivation. That's why every child enrolled with us gets to experience our unique rewards system.
Here's how it works: your child earns points after every English activity, which they can save up and swap for real rewards like Smiggle, Myer, and WISH gift cards.
Kinetic Education's English tutoring covers phonics and early reading, along with other key areas of the Australian Curriculum.
English support starts from $29 per week for the family, which includes a personalised weekly learning plan, access to all lessons and activities, tutor support and weekly progress reports.
New families receive their first two weeks free.
Algebra starts earlier than most parents realise. From Foundation, children work with patterns and missing numbers, which are the first algebra skills. It becomes more formal in Year 7, when letters are used to stand for unknown values.
Yes, this is exactly the kind of thing we look for. If your child's difficulty traces back to a specific letter sound or blending step that wasn't fully understood, their learning plan will address that first.
Strong phonics and reading foundations support the reading component of NAPLAN, sat in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. Because our tutoring identifies and fills gaps aligned to the Australian Curriculum, children who build these foundations early tend to approach reading tasks, including NAPLAN, with more confidence.
Not at all. We identify where the gap originated, whether that's a specific letter sound, blend or sight word set from Foundation or Year 1, and their learning plan addresses it from that point, whatever your child's current year level.
Through interactive lessons designed to teach your child at the right level, each concept is broken into clear steps using pictures, audio and text. Activities include a range of question types with instant feedback, so your child can practise blending, letter sounds and reading in a way that feels manageable.
Kinetic Education's English support covers phonics and early reading, along with the other key areas of the Australian English curriculum. It starts from $29 per week for the family, and your first two weeks are free.
Yes. When you book your free demonstration, we'll chat about how your child is currently going with reading, what they're finding difficult, and how Kinetic Education could support them.
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